Handbook of Nuclear Proliferation (Paperback)

Contents

1. Introduction

Part I

Thematic Issues

2. Nuclear Deterrence: Enduring Relevance but Growing Need For Re-Evaluation

Chris Hobbs and Matthew Harries

3. Nuclear Energy and Proliferation: Potent Mix

Henry Sokolski

4. Non-Proliferation and Counter-Proliferation: Necessary, Complementary and Often Interchangeable Concepts

Mark Fitzpatrick

5. Nuclear Weapons and Non-State Actors: The Evolving Threat of Nuclear Terrorism

Paul Wilkinson

6. The Nuclear Taboo

Nina Tannenwald

Part II

The Five Nuclear Powers

7. The United States: Setting the Stage for Disarmament

James J. Wirtz

8. Russia: Arms Control, Deterrence, and Proliferation in Contemporary Russian Thinking

Stephen Blank

9. The United Kingdom: A Conflicted Nuclear Weapon State

Paul Ingram and Michael Collins

10. France: A Non-Exceptional Nuclear Policy

Corentin Brustlein

11. China: A Deterrence Paradox

Jonathan Holslag

Part III

De-Factor Nuclear States

12. India: The (Accepted) Gatecrasher

Chris Ogden

13. Pakistan: The Politics of Nuclear Force Building

Bhumitra Chakma

14. Israel: Origins and Implications of Nuclear Ambiguity

Arielle Kandel

Part IV

The ‘Problem’ States

15. Iran: From Power Generation to Weapons Proliferation?

Anoush Ehteshami

16. North Korea: An Isolationist Nuclear State

Balbina Hwang

Part V

The ‘Threshold’ States

17. South Africa: Disarmament Trendsetter

Stephen Burgess

18. Japan: Between Pacifism and Pragmatism

Takenori Horimoto

19. Egypt: Flirtations, Frustration and Future Uncertainty
    Maria Rost Rublee

Part VI

The Global Non-Proliferation Regime

20. The Non-Proliferation Treaty

Mark Hilborne

21. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Foundations, Context, and Outlook

Dean Knox

22. A Cut-Off of Production of Weapon-Usable Fissionable Material: Considerations, Requirements, and IAEA Capabilities

Tariq Rauf

23. Trends in Missile Defense and Space Security: Challenging Non-Proliferation Priorities

Bharath Gopalaswamy

24. The US-India Nuclear Deal: Great Power Politics Versus Non-Proliferation

Harsh V. Pant

25. Nuclear Disarmament and Nuclear Proliferation: A Complicated Relationship

Tom Sauer

26. The Future: A Cautious Prognosis

          Malcolm Davis

Index